MBP won't boot with new HDD

[Dunkrag]

Help.

Just put a new HDD (Seagate Momentus 750gb) into my Nov' 2010 15'' MBP.

Everything backed up with TM before switching the discs.
Drive swapped out no problem.

Turn on MBP and insert Snow Leopard disc expecting it to boot far enough for me to get into Disk Utility so I can format and restore.

MBP turns on, goes to folder/question mark, which turns into Apple logo upon insertion of the SL disc. But that is as far as it gets, just hangs on the Apple logo screen indefinitely.

Have I done something wrong? How do I get past this screen?

 

[uplusd]

hold down option right away when booting up and then select to boot off the disc

holla

 

[Dunkrag]

Thanks.

I've done this and click the disc icon and it still gets no further than just sitting on the apple logo. Disc drive is just not spinning at all.

 

[SideStepSociety]

If the disc drive isn't spinning at all, it sounds like a failing/failed drive to me. Or if you're lucky, just loose/unplugged. Was it working before the swap?

If you're near another Mac, you can clone your SL disc to a USB drive and boot to that.

 

[Dunkrag]

Think I have it sorted.

Used a different disc. I was using a bought Snow Leopard disc (that I used for my iMac) and not the OSX SL install disc from my Original MacBook box.

Seems to be running now - 8 hours to restore from TM. :|

Thanks for the replies.

 

[SideStepSociety]

Awesome, good to hear!

It seems Time Machine restore estimates are a little off. I've had mine report "2 hours left" then all of a sudden it would finish. But this of course depends on how much stuff you have.